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Joseph Haydn (1732–1809)

Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:8

All four movements: Allegro, Minuet, Andante, Allegro

In Easy pieces that sound hard

Level
3 of 7
Time
2/4
Length
191 bars
Plays in
3 to 5 min

Practise it

Plays on a MIDI keyboard in Chrome, Edge or Firefox on a computer, or Chrome on an Android phone or tablet, or on the keys on screen without one.

The opening bars of Sonata in G, Hob. XVI:8
The opening bars

Versions

Each easier version only leaves notes out and adds none, so every note in it is the piece's own. Print any of them free.

  • As written1750 notes
  • Melody and left-hand roots1174 notes
  • Right-hand melody968 notes

To practise it on paper: a practice chart for this piece, a week of steps from each hand alone to full tempo, with their speeds.

What it asks of you

  • Treble clef from D4 to D6, with ledger lines
  • Bass clef from G1 to G4, with ledger lines
  • Key signature: 1 sharp (G major or E minor)
  • Accidentals: sharps outside the key, naturals
  • Rhythm: quarter notes, half notes, eighth notes, dotted quarter notes, sixteenth notes, triplets, dotted eighth notes
  • Intervals: 2nds (steps), 3rds (skips), 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, octaves
  • Hands playing together, one hand moving while the other holds, moving the hand to a new position, hands taking turns, hands in different rhythms

Sections

The piece in 13 sections, cut where its music breaks, each read at its own level. Tap one to loop it on the stand until it's clean, then the next.

  1. Bars 2–9played twicelevel 3 of 7
  2. Bars 10–17played twicelevel 4 of 7, the hardest
  3. Bars 18–26played twicelevel 3 of 7
  4. Bars 27–34played twicelevel 3 of 7
  5. Bars 35–42played twicelevel 3 of 7
  6. Bars 43–46played twicelevel 3 of 7
  7. Bars 1–8played twicelevel 3 of 7
  8. Bars 9–16played twicelevel 3 of 7
  9. Bars 1–5played twicelevel 3 of 7
  10. Bars 7–11played twicelevel 3 of 7
  11. Bars 1–8played twicelevel 3 of 7
  12. Bars 9–16played twicelevel 3 of 7
  13. Bars 17–24played twicelevel 3 of 7

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Score from PDMX (CC0 1.0); the composition is public domain: Joseph Haydn died in 1809. Credits

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